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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. H. ABRAHAM & E. K. MARTIN. CIGAR,BUNUHING MACHINE. No. 419,983. Patented Jan. 21, 1890'.

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Pateniced Jan.2l, 1890.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNORS TO THE OONESTOGA CIGAR MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-BUNCHI NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,983, dated January21, 1890.

Application filed May 5, 1888. Serial No. 272,975. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. ABRAHAM and EDWIN K. MARTIN, citizens ofthe United States, residing in Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cigar-Bunching Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements on the cigar-bunchin g machinefor which we have been granted Letters Patent No. 39%,901, datedDecember 18, 1888.

The present invention relates more particularly to improvements indevices for preventr 5 ing the filling material from working into thecigar as it is rolled in the binder and to means for actuating a plungerfor forcing the to bacco through an opening in the bottom of the hoppercontaining the same.

This invention consists in the combination,

. with the recessed table and bunching-apron, of a roller and a devicewhereby the same'is held in an end of the bight in the apron while thecigar is being rolled therein, and

2 5 means for retracting the roller to its original position after thecigar is rolled.

This invention consists, also, in the combination, with thebunching-apron and a roller, of a flexible cap drawn partially over 0the roller and lapping the apron sufficiently to be enveloped by thebinder as the filling material is rolled therein, and a woolly coveringfor the cap, which prevents the filling from working out of the end ofthe cigar be- 3 5 tween the binder and the body of the cap.

This invention consists, finally, in the combination, with the hopper,of a pronged plunger working therein, a link connecting the same with avibrating plate hinged to the 0 back of the hopper at one end andsupported by a roller at the other, the said roller resting on a flutedplate resting on the plunger, so that the movement of the plunger may impart motion to the vibrating plate and through it to the plunger.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of our bunchinganachinewith the upper part of the frame cut away, showing the stopper restingin the recess. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sliding arm and tablein the position occupied by both after the rolling of the scrap in thebinder has been completed. Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view of the stopperand cap, partly in section. Fig. at is an enlarged front view of thesliding arm-guide,with the arm in section. Fig. 5 is a plan view of thetable in position to receive the scrap in the pocket, the stopperresting in the bottom thereof. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the tableand stopper, showing the position of the latter as the bunch is beingrolled. Fig. 7 illustrates the application of the invention to a flattable, the stopper resting in the recess; and Fig. 8, a like viewshowing the position occupied by the stopper as the scraps are beingrolled in the binder.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine; 0, areciprocating table; Q, a recess therein; P, the bunching-apron, withwhich the pocket is formed in the recess and in which the bunch isrolled.

c is one of the arms supporting the table 0 on the rock-shaft c, and Dan arm connected with the treadle T, by which the machine is operated.

F is alever connected with the rook-shaft by the link 6 and arm E, andwhich actuates the plunger G.

B is a sliding arm, the bifurcated end I) of which engages the shaft 9.Its other end projects through the guide-rods cl (2 to apoint oppositethe recess Q, the table being in the position shown in Fig. 1. This endis provided with a head H, thatsupports the spindle s of the stopper R.The spindle is adjustable in the head H transversely of the table, andis held in place by the set-screw t.

Z is a spring fastened to a pin p, placed in the frame A below the shaft9, and is conj nected with the underside of the sliding arm at g. Thisspring acts to draw the arm back and keeps it in engagement with theshaft 9. A pin r on the side of the arm engages with one of the guidescl as it is retracted and prevents it from being drawn too far back.

In the position of the table C shown in Fig. 1 the stopper rests on oneside of the belt in the recess Q transversely of the table.

The body of the stopper is formed of any it rotates about its spindle s.

The stopper and other parts of the machine are so adjusted that when thescraps are emptied int-o the pocket they fall upon the belt inside ofthe end of the stopper, as shown in Fig. 5. As the binder is wrappedabout the scraps by the forward rotation of the table, the stopperisheld in the bight with the cigar, being kept in position under theroller 3 by the action of the spring Z. The cap m of the stopper lapsthe bunching-apron 1 sufficiently to be enveloped by the binder M as thewrapping of that end of the cigar is completed. As the cap is tubular,it yields sufficiently to enable the binder to be wrapped as tightlyabout the scraps as is necessary. By thus wrapping the cap in one end ofthe binder the scraps are kept back toward the body of the cigar,leaving the trick empty when the cigar is off of the cap of the stopper.Although this cap is hollow, yet its bore is so small that it is foundin practice that the scraps do not pack into it, but that it serves toeffectually stop their being worked beyond the inner end thereof, thewoolly covering m preventing any escape of the scraps through thewrinkles produced by the compression of the cap. As the cigar isdelivered at the end of the table, the stopper is caught by aprolongation c of a side rib of the table-frame and the cigar pulled offof the end .of the cap. The upper edge of the prolongation e of the ribof the table is cut away to form a depression therein to permit thestopper to drop somewhat and pass beneath the roller S with the cigar asit is delivered from the bight in the apron in which it was rolled. Thecontact of the pin 7" with one of the guide-rods (Z prevents the stopperfrom being pulled beyond the end a of the rib of the table. As the tablereturns to its original position it passes backward under the roller Sand again receives the stopper on its top on the bunching-apron. Themotion of the table continuing, it passes under the stopper, which restsupon it, until the limitof its backward movement is reached. As themovement of the table ends, the recess Q, is brought beneath the roller,which is drawn into it by the weight of the arm B and the'action of thespring Z, forming a pocket in the belt at the same time.

. In cigars in which scrap-fillers are used it is found of greatadvantage to taper the tuck as well as the head, to prevent the fillingmaterial from dropping out and becoming dis placed in being handled orcarried in the pockets of consumers. The taper of the ends of the cigaris formed by hand when the wrapper is put 011 the bound bunch, and as inthe rolling of the fillers in the binder the latter is wrapped about theformer from the head toward the tuck of the cigar, the filling materialworks toward that end. This renders it extremely difficult to taper thetuck without compressing the fillers so tightly in it as to interferewith or prevent the draft through the cigar. The employment of ourstopper leaves so much of the binder of the tuck as enveloped it empty,so that the work men in wrapping the cigar can readily form the taper ofthat end of the cigar with the binder and wrapper without compressing orin any manner interfering with the filling material. If desirable, oneof these stoppers can be used upon each of the two sides of the table;but it is hardly necessary, as the fillers draw toward the end of thecigar toward which the binder is wrapped.

The application of the stopper to a fiat table is shown in Figs. 7 and8. There the relative position of the table and arm carrying the rolleris simply given as an example of the way in which it can be made. Thereis no mechanism illustrated for moving the bunching-roller "W, as itvaries in different machines. In this case the bifurcated end I) of thesliding arm engagesastud 1 on the frame. This stud also does the work ofthe pin 0', as explained in the description of the rotating table. Thearm projects forward through the guides 2, secured to the side of theframe 3, to which the bunch ing roller NV is attached. Theretractingspring Z is secured to the pin t on the frame and a lug 5 onthe under side of the arm B. Here, before wrapping the binder about thefillers, the rolling-stopper rests on the bunch ing-apron 6 in thepocket formed in the recess in the table, as shown in Fig.7, and thenpasses over the table with the bunch as it is being wrapped in thebinder. After the hunch is delivered from the end of the table thestopper is retracted by the spring Z as the frame 3 ,is drawn back tothe position shown in Fig. 7. As the frame is moved for ward, one of theguides 2 engages a pin 11, projecting from the side of the arm B, andcarries the stopper along with it.

In this machine the lever N, to one end of which the pronged plunger isattached, is connected by the link it to a vibrating plate V, hinged tothe back of the hopper I at g. Under the vibrating end of the plate Vthere is a roller 8 attached. This roller rests upon a fluted plate 10,fastened on the top of the plunger G. As the plunger moves back andforth, the passage of the roller over the fluted surface 10 gives motionto the pronged plunger on the end of the lever N. By this arrangementeach movement of the plunger G causes IIC) a number of vibrations of thelever N, greatly the plunger 0, although not as extended as thosedescribed in the patented machine be fore referred to, are yet moreefiective, as keeping the tobacco in the hopper in a state of greateragitation andapplying the force to drive it down through the bottom morecontinuously.

No claim is made in this application to any process carried into effectby the mechanism here shown and described, for this has been made thesubject of a separate application filed November 12, 1389, and bearingSerial No. 330,062.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with the recessed tableand the launching-apron, of the stopper attached to a bar B, a supportupon which the bar slides, and a retracting-spring Z, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a cigar-bunohing machine, the combination, with thebunching-apron, of a stopper held in the bight formed in said apronwhile the cigar is being rolled therein, and provided with a flexiblecap m, extending beyond the end thereof, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with the bunchingapron,of a stopper having a flexible cap m projecting beyond the end thereofand covered with a woolly Wrap, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. I11 a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with the plunger G,the hopper I, the pronged plunger, and the lever N, of a plate hinged tothe back of the hopper and provided with a roller beneath its vibratingend, a link connecting said plate and the lever N, and a fluted plate10, secured to the top of the plunger G, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

5. In a cigar-bunchingmachine, the combination, with the hopper and aplunger operating therein, of a vibrating plate V, having a rollerbeneath the Vibrating end thereof, connections between said plate andplunger,

whereby the latter is operated, a fluted plate,

upon which the roller of theplate V rests, and mechanism forreciprocating said fluted plate, for the purpose specified.

J. H. ABRAHAM. .E. K. MARTIN. Witnesses:

JOHN W. APPEL, WM. R. GERHART.

